Government to make it illegal for hospitals to withhold patients' bodies till bills are paid

In a move that is bound to bring relief to lakhs of people across the state, the Maharashtra government has decided to make it illegal for hospitals and nursing homes to harass relatives of dead patients into paying their medical bills by refusing to release the patients' bodies.

Health Minister Rajendra Shingane said, "We have received many complaints about hospitals in the state indulging in such acts.

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